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Investment in non-residential building construction, September 2020

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The title of the infographic is "Investment in non-residential building construction, September 2020"

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Figure 1: Month-to-month change in non-residential construction investment (seasonally adjusted).

This is a map of Canada by province and territory showing the month-to-month percentage changes for investment in new housing construction. Green arrows represent an increase, while red arrows represent a decrease.

Investment in residential construction for Canada decreased 8.5% compared with August 2020. Newfoundland and Labrador was down 1.5%, Prince Edward Island was down 4.1%, Nova Scotia was down 2.5%, New Brunswick was down 3.6%, Quebec was down 15.2%, Ontario was down 9.5%, Manitoba was down 2.5%, Saskatchewan was down 7.3%, Alberta was down 2.5%, British Columbia was down 1.8%, Yukon was down 6.1%, Northwest Territories was down 13.5%, Nunavut was too unreliable to be published.

Table 1: Total investment in millions of dollars (seasonally adjusted).

Total investment for Canada was $4,539.7 million, total investment for Newfoundland and Labrador was $40.6 million, total investment for Prince Edward Island was $15.8 million, total investment for Nova Scotia was $50.1 million, total investment for New Brunswick was $47.8 million, total investment for Quebec was $1,037.2 million, total investment for Ontario was $1,833.8 million, total investment for Manitoba was $182.4 million, total investment for Saskatchewan was $85.7 million, total investment for Alberta was $571.6 million, total investment for British Columbia was $658.7 million, total investment for Yukon was $9.8 million, total investment for Northwest Territories was $2.8 million, total investment for Nunavut was too unreliable to be published.

Figure 2: Investment in new non-residential construction, market share and year-over-year change (seasonally adjusted).

Industrial: Market share was 18.0%, total investment totalled $819.2 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 7.1% or $62.3 million.

Commercial: Market share was 57.4%, total investment totalled $2,605.4 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 8.2% or $233.0 million.

Institutional: Market share was 24.6%, total investment totalled $1,115.2 million, representing a year-over-year decrease of 0.6% or $6.5 million.

Source: Table 34-10-0175-01.